Essay on comradery

Following the publication of two more immensely successful novels that would became classics, The Sea-Wolf and White Fang , London began designing his own 45-foot sailboat, the Snark , and in 1907 he set sail to Hawaii and the South Seas with his wife and a small crew. A host of tropical ailments would land him in an Australian hospital, and he was forced to end the voyage the following December. Though he projected enormous personal energy and charisma, London had frequent health issues over the years, and his hard drinking, chain smoking and a bad diet only worsened matters.

ADDSP has conducted ASD surveillance in Arizona since 2000 as part of the Autism and Developmental Disability Monitoring (ADDM) Network . The UA pediatrics team reviews thousands of special education and clinic records each study year to report on the number of 4- and 8-year-old children with ASD and/or ID and on the demographic and behavioral characteristics of the affect-ed children. In study year 2010, ADDSP reported that approximately 1 in 64 8-year-olds living in Maricopa County had ASD, an in-crease from 1 in 154 children in 2000.

For that reason alone, the histories of the MIA/POW flag or that of the Wounded Warriors or of any other similar emblem of servicemen’s struggle really don’t matter. The truth is they no longer belong just to the people of the conflicts that brought about their creation. Their meanings continue to evolve. They now symbolize something different, something deep within our culture and something that will continue to be a part of our military heritage for many years to come. We will share history, and share lessons, and continue to preserve the memory of people who matter and to save lives of future warriors. What matters to the people who still wave these banners proudly is the legacy they leave for today’s acting servicemen, the messages they wish to be understood by civilians and the sense of comradery they hold for fellow veterans.

The Lord of the Rings is the arguably the greatest work of Fantasy literature ever written; codifying and then spawning an entire genre and creative industry, both in print and on film.
It's 1200 pages and took Tolkien 12 years to write, basically from a Bible he created over 20 years previous to that, called the Silmarillion.
That's why LOTR, 2nd to only the King James Bible, is the best-selling book of all time (feel free to dispute, I won't quibble over a few 10's of millions here or there).
It is a mythology fleshed out over decades, from 1917 on, when JR Tolkien was being gassed in the trenches of France in WWI, through the horrors of WWII. Those were the catalysts that formed his sensibility and vision: the coming of Darkness. And thus it stands today.
The Hobbit is a children's book he wrote in 1938 to get a foot in the door with a publisher. His agent said, "Look, dude, no offense, you're a creative guy, but nobody wants to read your Silmarillion. It reads like a Bible. And we already got a bible. It's called THE BIBLE. So just pick a character, based in this other world you've spent 20 years creating, and just write a story! Any story! And when you're done, I'll find you a publisher." And that's why the Hobbit start's out like this: "In a hole in the ground, lived a Hobbit." It's a small story, scarcely 200 pages (and really just a 100 pages when you take out the songs and "and then they went round the bend and there was a tree..." - basically, the Hobbit is a two-toilet read. Two sittings and bam, you're done.
so... LOTR. A story of an entire OTHER WORLD that is beyond, yet parallel to our own. A story of redemption, of unconditional love, of comradery, of unwavering faith in the power of Good over all-consuming Evil, of the coming of the End of the World, of our manifest destiny to triumph over darkness, and of the existential relevance of every breathing soul.
The HOBBIT. a bedtime story. Cute, but to be honest, I only remember Riddles in the Dark and the final battle (which you could read in 20 minutes, versus sitting through 3 hours in a theater- we call that "padding").
Apologies for Comment-sprawl. But the LOTR films were both a labor of love from Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who crafted the script over a DECADE, combined with a the once-in-a generation labor of art, and heart, and mind, and science, and inspiration- brilliantly executed by 5000 of the greatest creative craftspeople of our time. And make no mistake: As the film industry dictates, it will be remade one day, to be sure, but it will never be replicated.
The Hobbit is a blatant money grab, pure and simple, and it taints the brand, and sadly, as a result, Peter Jackson is the new George Lucas, stirring a pot of spoiled leftovers while mumbling songs to himself in Elvish.
And being a way-to-early fanboy of RED (which made everything look pink) - (and don't get me started on the 48fps thing) against football stadium green-screens makes it even worse. No amount of colorizing or plug-ins is going to polish a 10-hour turd, or give you back the LOTR look, which is an aesthetic for the ages.
Thanks for your time, and patience. My shoe is off, my foot is cold, and now my story is all told.

Essay on comradery

The Lord of the Rings is the arguably the greatest work of Fantasy literature ever written; codifying and then spawning an entire genre and creative industry, both in print and on film.
It's 1200 pages and took Tolkien 12 years to write, basically from a Bible he created over 20 years previous to that, called the Silmarillion.
That's why LOTR, 2nd to only the King James Bible, is the best-selling book of all time (feel free to dispute, I won't quibble over a few 10's of millions here or there).
It is a mythology fleshed out over decades, from 1917 on, when JR Tolkien was being gassed in the trenches of France in WWI, through the horrors of WWII. Those were the catalysts that formed his sensibility and vision: the coming of Darkness. And thus it stands today.
The Hobbit is a children's book he wrote in 1938 to get a foot in the door with a publisher. His agent said, "Look, dude, no offense, you're a creative guy, but nobody wants to read your Silmarillion. It reads like a Bible. And we already got a bible. It's called THE BIBLE. So just pick a character, based in this other world you've spent 20 years creating, and just write a story! Any story! And when you're done, I'll find you a publisher." And that's why the Hobbit start's out like this: "In a hole in the ground, lived a Hobbit." It's a small story, scarcely 200 pages (and really just a 100 pages when you take out the songs and "and then they went round the bend and there was a tree..." - basically, the Hobbit is a two-toilet read. Two sittings and bam, you're done.
so... LOTR. A story of an entire OTHER WORLD that is beyond, yet parallel to our own. A story of redemption, of unconditional love, of comradery, of unwavering faith in the power of Good over all-consuming Evil, of the coming of the End of the World, of our manifest destiny to triumph over darkness, and of the existential relevance of every breathing soul.
The HOBBIT. a bedtime story. Cute, but to be honest, I only remember Riddles in the Dark and the final battle (which you could read in 20 minutes, versus sitting through 3 hours in a theater- we call that "padding").
Apologies for Comment-sprawl. But the LOTR films were both a labor of love from Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who crafted the script over a DECADE, combined with a the once-in-a generation labor of art, and heart, and mind, and science, and inspiration- brilliantly executed by 5000 of the greatest creative craftspeople of our time. And make no mistake: As the film industry dictates, it will be remade one day, to be sure, but it will never be replicated.
The Hobbit is a blatant money grab, pure and simple, and it taints the brand, and sadly, as a result, Peter Jackson is the new George Lucas, stirring a pot of spoiled leftovers while mumbling songs to himself in Elvish.
And being a way-to-early fanboy of RED (which made everything look pink) - (and don't get me started on the 48fps thing) against football stadium green-screens makes it even worse. No amount of colorizing or plug-ins is going to polish a 10-hour turd, or give you back the LOTR look, which is an aesthetic for the ages.
Thanks for your time, and patience. My shoe is off, my foot is cold, and now my story is all told.